For the first time, college and university students will have a say in evaluation of teachers as the Smriti Irani-led HRD ministry has decided to bring fundamental changes in the way the performance of those in the teaching profession is assessed.
The process of changing the present criteria of Academic Performance Indicators (API) scores, which relied heavily on co-curricular activities and research in the evaluation of teachers has been initiated and a notification will be issued soon.
As per the new norms, students who have an attendance of 75 per cent will be able to give feedback of their teachers. The predominant weightage in evaluating teachers has been given to their teaching, learning and evaluating capacity.
Explaining the reason for bringing this change, the official said that under the previous criteria of API scores, a 30 per cent weightage was given to co-curricular activities and another 30 per cent to research.
Many teachers’ bodies have agitated against the API system which was introduced in 2010 as it was often perceived to be not fair.
Source: Times of India